Refrigerator.



PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

L. J. FELDKIRCHER.

REFRIGERATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAYQ.

UNITED STATES PATE T oEEIoE.

REFRIGERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 9,1903. Serial No. 156, 46 3 in refrigerators, andmore particularly to cer tain improvements upon a patent granted to meSeptember 18, 1900, No. 657,930, and an application filed by me November3O,- 1901;

The object of my present invention is to.

provide the door of the casing with extensions or flanges that aredesigned to engage the door-jamb when the door is either open or closed,and form a perfect joint to prevent the escape of cold air when the dooris open to obtain access to the contents of the box.

With the above object in view my inventionconsists in certain details ofconstruction and novelties of combination and arrangement, as will'bedescribed in the following specification and pointed out in the claim,reference being had to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my improved refrigerator, one of the doors being open. Fig. 2 isa vertical section taken centrally through the refrigerator. Fig. 3 is asection about on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, the position of one of thedoors when open being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of a frame employed in my refrigerator. Fig. 5 is an elevation ofacrosspiece in said frame. Fig. 6 is a perspective detail view.

In the construction of this refrigerator I employ a casing A, having incross-section the shape of a segment, the curved wall A presenting asolid and unbroken side and the straight wall being pierced and providedwith doors B and C, the formeropening into the lower and the latter intothe upper portion of the casing. The casing is formed with the usualdouble walls having a packing material A between them. The inside of thecasing has a lining of zinc, galvanized iron, or porcelain, as may bedesired, and indicated at A The bottom slopes sli htly from the sides tothe center and from t is central depression leads a drainage tube Abelow which a drip-pan may be placed.

Transverse strips A extend across the bottom for the ice to rest upon,the water formed with zinc, galvanized iron, or other lining.

by the melting of the ice flowing down between the strips and outthrough the tube A.

The doors 0 are hinged to the front wall of the casing, as shown at C,and have secured to their hinged edge a vertical partition C arranged ata right angle to the door and of the same height, but of slightlygreater width. A top and bottom piece C C in the shape of a sector aresecured along their straight edges to the door and partitions,respectively, and an intermediate shelf-C of the same size and shape isarranged intermediate the pieces 0 C. A flange C runs along the curveded e of the bottom and intermediate shelves 4 C The curvatures of theseshelves and the rear wall A of the casing is struck from a differentcenter, the distance between the flange C and the inner lining of thewall A being (greater when the door is closed at the rear en and centerthan at the front and side. ticed that the edge of the partitions Cfextends beyond the shelves. This partltion and the inner face of thedoor C are lined also suitable An open from the upper portion of thecasmg, said frame comprising the curved strip D, the straight strip D,connecting the ends of the strip D, and the cross-strip D Perforatedears D are formed on the strips D D, by which theyare connected tothesides of the casing. The strip D is oppositely beveled on its upperface. The strips D D may be galvanized iron and the strip D of the samematerial, or, as shown, be of wood covered with zinc or galvanized ironD The momture contained in the damp air arising from the lower portionof the casing will be arrested and condensed on the lining of the stripD and its u per face being beveled will run off and final y escapethrough the drainage-tube A This frame is connected to the straight andcurved walls, and the lower edge of the partition C is supported by thepart D.

As the shelves and partitions are secured to the upper doors, when oneof these doors is swung outward the shelves will swing outward with it,as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thepartition C will also swing forward and when the door is fully open willcontact with the inner side of the door-jamb A thus forming a second suplemental door and preventing the cold air within the refrigerator fromescaping Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

It will be further 110- frame separates the ice-chamber ICC when thedoor C is open. The flanges C serve to prevent dishes from falling fromor projecting beyond the shelves. tion 0 is preferably connected to thedoor C by a vertical strip C connected to the inner face of the door Cadjacent its hinged edge and projecting beyond same, the partition Cbeing fastened direct to the strip C and at right angles thereto. Thisstrip C is so arranged that it will lie fiat against the inner face ofthe casing when the dooris closed and forms a tight joint at the hingededge of the door. This construction is shown in detail in Fig. 6.

In the drawings the refrigerator is shown as having two doors eachcarrying two shelves. It is obvious, however, that the number of doorsand shelves is immaterial and may be less or more than two.

Having thus fully described my invention,

The partiwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A refrigerator comprising a semicircular casing, having rectangularopenings in its straight side, of doors hinged to the front wall of thecasing having vertical strips connected to their inner faces adjacenttheir hinged edges, projecting out beyond the same, vertical partitionssecured to said strips at right angles to the doors of a greater widththan said doors, shelves carried by said doors and partitions, asemicircular frame arranged 1n sald refrigerator, and cross-stripsarranged in the refrigerator provided with beveled faces, adapted tosupport said partitions, for the purpose described.

LOUIS J. FELDKIRCHER. Witnesses:

GEORGE J. HEBRANK, RoBT. A. HALL.

